Fruit-juice extractor



May 6, 1930. c, E BEARDSLEY ETYAL 1,757,609

FRUIT JUICE EXTRACTOR Filed March 13, 1928 INVENTORS (/zarZe-s EBeardsley, Edward 1? Wallace. BY

Patented May 6, 1930 UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE CHARLES E. BEARDSLEYAND EDWARD P.

WALLACE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNORS TO THE IBEARDSLEY 8t WOLCOT-T MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 01WATERIBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF'CONNECTICUT FRUIT-Juror.EXTBACTOR Application filed March 1a, 1928. Serial No. 261,243.

This invention relates to means for extracting juices from fruit or thelike and more particularly to fruit-juice extractors of the type inwhich the juice is extracted by relative rotation between a dome-likehead or reamer and half of an article of fruit, such as a lemon, placedthereon.

One object of this invention is to provide a device of the characterspecified in which the extracting head is oscillated or reciprocated byvery simple means.

A further object is to produce a novel and eflective form of extractinghead.

A further object is to provide a device of the character specified whichincludes an extracting head supported above a strainer for angularmovement about its own axis and an operating handle connected with thehead and projecting from the base thereof beyond the strainer.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form ofextracting means in which the various parts may be separated, forexample, to be cleaned, by merely lifting them ofl in the order of theirarrangement from top to bottom.

A further object is to provide a device of this nature which will besimple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install andmanipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance and very efficient anddurable in use.

lVith these and other objects in view there have been illustrated on theaccompanying drawings two forms in which the invention may beconveniently embodied in practice.

Figure 1 is a central sectional view of one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the extractor head and handle, part ofthe extractor head being broken away;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the strainer; and

Figure 4 is a view, similar to Figure 1, illustrating another embodimentof the invention.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10indicates an extracting head or bit which is of hollow dome-like formand is made preferably of sheet metal. The head 10 has a plurality offiutings or ribs extending fromits highest point down to the baseportion thereof and, as here shown, certain ribs 11 extend farther fromthe axis of the head than do the intermediate ribs 12. Preferably thehead 10 has an annular base portion 13 and is supported by suitablemeans such as a .disk 14 having a down turned flange 15, the annularbase 13 being secured to the disk 14: by an extension of the metal ofthe base portion 13 down the outside of the flange 15 and up aroundthelower edge thereof.

As shown on Figure 1 the disk 14 has attached thereto at its center astub shaft or pin 16 provided with a flange or collar 17 on which thedisk rests and having a portion extending through a central portion ofthe disk and secured therein by upsetting the -metal to form a head 18of greater diameter than the opening in the disk 14. This stub shaft 16may be inserted in or removed from a bearing 19 of suitable materialsuch as brass which is secured in an opening in the raised centralportion of a strainer 20, the bearing 19 being provided at its top withan annular bearing portion 20 to engage the lower face of the collar 17near its edge.

The strainer is of general disk shape and is flared outwardly to itsouter. edge which is properly reinforced, as by curling the metal underthe edge to form a sort of bead 21 which may rest on the upper edge of asuitable dish or bowl 22 to receive the juices passing through thestrainer. Preferably the dish or bowl 22 is provided with astrengthening bead 23 at its upper edge. The dish or bowl 22 maybeprovided with a handle 24 at one side and a pouring spout or lip 25 atthe opposite side. I

Operation of the extractinghead lOimay be effected by means of asuitablehandle 26 p'referably'attached to the head at the base thereofand extending outwardly beyond the edge of the 'strainer20. As hereshownthe handle is connected normally positioned belowthe edge of thestrainer and the handle is offset upwardly to bring the outer portion ofthe handle above the edge of the strainer. It will be se'enthat with thehead at apoint .efiect obtained by devices in the handle 26 coatingor'oscillating been placed on thehead 10, the'extracting action of thehead will produce the same general which the head is rotated and withvery much simpler means of actuation. The juice and other materialincluding the pulp and seeds: will pass down to the strainer which willretain substantially all of the solid matter, but will permit the juiceto pass therethrough into the dish or'bowl 22.

It will be seenthat when it is desired to clean the device after pouringout the col lected juice, the head and handle 26 may be separated fromthe rest ofthe device merely by withdrawing the stub shaft 16 from the astrainer having a raised central portion with an opening therein, a dishadapted to support the strainer at its outer edge and havmg a centralpillar extending upwardly to the raised central portion ofsaid strainer,a vertical bearing in said pillar adjacent to the opening in saidstrainer, a head having a downwardly projecting stub shaft adapted forinsertion in and removal from said hearing, and head-actuating meansconnected with said head and you'd the edge of the strainer.

vIn testimony whereof, we have aflixed our signatures to this secificatlon.

OHARLE E. BEARDSLEY. EDWARD P. WALLACE.

bearing 19, and the strainer 20 may then be I bearing, and ahead-actuatin removed from the dish or bowl 22. may then be cleaned andreassembled.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 4, thestructure is in many respects the same as that illustrated in Fig-' ure1, but the bearing 19 instead of being supported in the strainer, whichin this figure 1s esignated by 20', is'supported in a central tubularillar 27 in a dish or bowl 22'. The parts 0 this embodiment oftheinvention may be separated and assembled in much the vsame way as inthe'structure shown in Figure 1 except that the bearing 19 remains withwith the strainer.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this formisshown for the purpose of. illustrationonly, and that the invention isnot to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified andembodied in various other forms without departin from its spirit. Inshort,

the invention inc udes all the modifications and embodiments coming ofthe following claims.

'Having thus described our invention, what we desire to secure by UnitedStates Letters within the scope Patent is: j

1. A fruit-juice extractor includin a dish to receive the juice, astrainer adapte to rest on the top of said dish and having a raised wltha bearing to receive a vertical shaft, a

j uice-extracting head having a stub shaft projectlng downwardly fromits base andadapted for insertion in and removal from said. leverprojectmg outwardly from the base 0 said head over the edge of saidstrainer.

'3. A. device 0f the class described innlmflnn The parts i the dish orbowl 22' instead of being removed pro ecting laterally be-

